Recent articles about disciplines, environments or trends on business:

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell, explores how we make snap judgements, sometimes to our benefit and sometimes to our detriment, what effect it has on our decisions, and how we can better manage this judging process.

Are We There Yet? -- The Best Business Books of 2004, from LibraryJournal.com, summarizes key demographic market trends and selects a very few business books in a variety of categories such as communication, ethics, globalization, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

Trendwatching.com, a compilation of current trends in consumer goods and related businesses from around the globe, collected by 6,000 "spotters" and compiled in a free newsletter, a tremendous way to monitor how your market's view of your goods and services is evolving.

Fast Forward's List of What's Next, from FastForward.com, summarizes 101 hot trends in business for 2005 and beyond.